Council Establishes Tarrif Template For Freight Forwarders

The Council for the
Regulation of Freight Forwarding  in Nigeria (CRFFN) has established the Freight Forwarders  Standard Tariff and Billing Template (FFSTBT).
An operator in the  maritime  industry,  Mr. Mike  Dike, who disclosed  this to The Tide at the Nigerian Ports Authority in Port Harcourt,  stated that the standard tariff was expected  to  come into  force as soon as it receives  the consent of the ports economic  regulator and the approval of the minister of transport.
He said that the practitioners operation fees proposed by the freight forwarders association were also undergoing necessary processes for approval.
According to him, election guidelines and time table for the  election of registered freight forwarders into the  governing council of the CRFFN will also be released  after the approval.
He said that the registrar of the council was responsible for all the  affairs of the council, and to the minister  of transport in the absence of a new governing council.
Dike also  hinted that freight forwarders had been categorized  under brokerage services, logistics  and consolidation,  freight haulage  Service,  freight finance and insurance services.
According to him, other categories are freight consultancy and training services, supply chairman managing and registration and allied services.
He said that the council had also in its schedule, the training of practitioners, where about 300 freight forwarding practitioners would be trained by the council in due course.

Corlins Walter